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    Windows to run on One Laptop Per Child computer (Reuters)

    Microsoft Corp Chairman Bill Gates speaks during a news conference in Tokyo May 7, 2008. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)Reuters - Microsoft Corp reached an agreement to make available its Windows operating system software for the One Laptop Per Child Foundation's XO Laptop, the company said on Thursday.


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    Fri, 16 May 2008 01:08:32 GMT - Yahoo! News: Software News
    Icahn to Yahoo board: Sell to Microsoft or leave (AP)

    In this Oct. 11, 2007 file photo, private equity investor Carl Icahn speaks at the World Business Forum in New York. Icahn on Thursday, May 15, 2008 officially launched a proxy contest to unseat Yahoo Inc.'s board, writing in a letter to Chairman Roy Bostock 'the board of directors of Yahoo has acted irrationally and lost the faith of shareholders' and Microsoft Corp. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)AP - Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang spent months fending off Microsoft Corp.'s unsolicited takeover bid. Now he may only have a few weeks to persuade the software maker to revive its last offer of $47.5 billion, or risk being fired in a shareholder mutiny led by activist investor Carl Icahn.


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    Fri, 16 May 2008 09:27:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: Software News
    More than 200,000 demand Microsoft save XP (InfoWorld)
    InfoWorld - In the four months since InfoWorld asked businesses and individuals to sign a petition at SaveXP.com asking Microsoft to keep Windows XP for sale beyond the planned June 30 general end-of-sales date, more than 200,000 have signed up to add their voices. As of May 15, the count was 200,805 signatures, excluding duplicates and fake signups. -- read full article
    Fri, 16 May 2008 10:30:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Software News
    Verizon Wireless joins LiMo Foundation (Reuters)

    The sign for the Verizon Wireless store is seen in Lakewood, Colorado September 11, 2007. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)Reuters - Verizon Wireless said on Wednesday it joined a consortium working on a Linux-based mobile operating system expected to rival a mobile system being developed by a group headed by Google Inc .


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    Wed, 14 May 2008 15:03:48 GMT - Yahoo! News: Software News
    Verizon Wireless to introduce Linux phones (AP)
    AP - Verizon Wireless is backing a free operating system that competes with programs from Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. and expects it to become the "preferred" software on its network. -- read full article
    Wed, 14 May 2008 16:26:25 GMT - Yahoo! News: Software News
    Oracle To Buy Insurance Software Maker (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - InformationWeek - Oracle plans to make AdminServer's software a core component of its existing insurance-related products, such as Oracle Billing, Siebel Claims, and Siebel Customer Relationship Management for Insurance. -- read full article
    Wed, 14 May 2008 17:09:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Software News
    IBM to offer business intelligence via BlackBerry (Reuters)

    A Research in Motion Blackberry is shown in Toronto October 26, 2007. (Mark Blinch/Reuters)Reuters - IBM said on Wednesday it has started selling software that lets customers access its Cognos business intelligence software via BlackBerry mobile devices.


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    Wed, 14 May 2008 17:19:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Software News
    Software piracy increases in Asia-Pacific: industry group (AFP)

    A man buys a pirated copy of Microsoft's operation system Windows Vista from a stall at a shopping mall in Jakarta in 2007. Software piracy increased last year in the Asia-Pacific region, boosted by China's growing use of personal computers, an industry group said on Wednesday.(AFP/Jewel Samad)AFP - Software piracy increased last year in the Asia-Pacific region, boosted by China's growing use of personal computers, an industry group said on Wednesday.


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    Wed, 14 May 2008 18:00:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: Software News
    Hacker Writes Rootkit for Cisco's Routers (PC World)
    PC World - A security researcher has developed malicious rootkit software for Cisco Systems' routers, a development that has placed... -- read full article
    Wed, 14 May 2008 19:30:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: Software News
    Software Piracy On The Rise, Study Finds (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - InformationWeek - Rates of pirated software ranged from a high of 93% in Armenia to a low of 20% in the United States, according to the 2007 BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy study. -- read full article
    Wed, 14 May 2008 20:50:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Software News
    New York Stock Exchange Runs Trades On Red Hat Linux (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - InformationWeek - The conversion to Linux followed the acquisition of the Euronext exchange in 2007, and the open source operating system is now powering the NYSE's mission-critical trading systems. -- read full article
    Wed, 14 May 2008 22:28:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Software News
    IBM Boosts BlackBerry Access to Cognos, Lotus Software (PC World)
    PC World - IBM has released software that allows BlackBerry users to access more of its applications, including its Cognos business... -- read full article
    Thu, 15 May 2008 00:50:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: Software News
    Adobe refreshes Flash Player (InfoWorld)
    InfoWorld - Facing serious challenges to its dominance in the RIA (rich Internet application) space, Adobe Systems will refresh its bread-and-butter Flash Player technology Thursday with capabilities that could provide an edge on the RIA battleground. -- read full article
    Thu, 15 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Software News
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